Incredible images show the first artificial solar eclipse in orbit. The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Proba-3 mission involves two satellites flying in precise formation, with one spacecraft positioned 150 metres ahead of the other.

A pair of European satellites have created the first artificial solar eclipses through precise and fancy formation flying.

A satellite duo orbiting our planet has just captured the very first images of an artificial solar eclipse from space, providing us with a spectacular view of the Sun's corona — a view only rarely available to us here on Earth.